Sevenoaks schools and where to live

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Hi mums,

We are hoping to move to Sevenoaks and have children in primary and secondary.

We would like the you youngest to go to state primary and maybe grammar for secondary.

Our eldest will go to Caterham school.

We are considering several areas: Riverhead, Montreal Road, Amherst Road, also the more leafier south side near Grassy Lane/Kippington.

Any tips on areas to avoid, any red flags related to any of these areas?

Sevenoaks Primary seems super well located centrally so if they have spaces, could be an option. Has anyone got children attending this school?

We are not worried about having a huge house or huge garden but would like to be somewhere safe, low crime and not too noisy (i.e., not too close to big busy roads).

We have a preference to 20min max walking to Sevenoaks train station but south of Sevenoaks is a bit further away - have any of you made the choice of smaller house but more central vs more space and more green but need to drive to station?

Also, does it matter for getting a grammar school place where you are located in Sevenoaks (as distance to school is measured to two schools in TW, not their annexes in Sevenoaks)?

Thanks a lot for any tips!

Hi, I would post this on the Sevenoaks Mums or Sevenoaks Women's Facebook groups. You'd get a lot more traction there.

You are missing Hollybush and property around the Vine, St Botolph's, Mount Harry. Much closer to the station but also an easy walk from town and Knole Park.

Sevenoaks Primary is good but quite big. Lady Boswell's is very popular but hard to get in if you're not churchy. It's also worth looking at St John's.

Family housing is very hard to come by at the moment so your house and school choices may be limited by that. Good luck!